Notes on the Genus Epipsestis, with Descriptions of Three New Species from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae)

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The genus Epipsestis MATSUMURA, 1921, has been represented by the following three species in Japan: E. ornata (LEECH, [1889]), E. nikkoensis (MATSUMURA, 1921) and E. perornata INOUE, 1972. As the result of my detailed examination of about 400 Nepalese specimens of autumnal thyatirids captured by Mr. M. OWADA, the National Science Museum (Nat. Hist.), Tokyo, during the 1979 expedition to Nepal-Himalaya, I am going to place in Epipsestis some Nepalese species formerly assigned to the genus Polyploca HUBNER, 1816, enlarging the category of the genus. However, Epipsestis will eventually be restricted to E. ornata (LEECH) by the future phylogenetic study. In this paper, ten species of Epipsestis from Japan and Nepal, including three new species from Nepal, will be enumerated, and a re-definition of this genus founded on them will be shown.

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  • Lepidoptera Science

    Lepidoptera Science 32 (3-4), 117-137, 1982

    THE LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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